WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ON EARTH?

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ON EARTH?
Wenzeni Emhlabeni? Wayitei Panyika?


2 Cor 5:10 For we must all appear {and} be revealed as we are before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive [his pay] according to what he has done in the body, whether good or evil [considering what his purpose and motive have been, and what he has achieved, been busy with, and given himself and his attention to accomplishing].

•When you get to heaven, what will you hold as your accomplishments on earth?
•Others while on earth obeyed God and did or achieved great things.
•Paul says we are core laborers (workers) with God which means we are to work with Him. (1Cor 3v9)
•Jesus said My Father is working and I work like Him (John 5v17)
•The bible says, in a great house are many vessels (2Tim 2v20-21)
•There is something that everybody can do or accomplish
•Despite your age, gender, race, tribe, you can do something. You could have wasted many of your years or time, but from where you are, you can accomplish much. Samson did more at his death than in his lifetime. (Judges 16v30)
•As a body of Christ, each part of the body has a function (1Cor 12v13-20)
•Refuse to live and go without achieving anything
•Be resourceful as a person
•Contribute something to your family, church, society, generation, etc

Others Did Their Part

•Others in the bible did their contribution, Paul, Peter, Docus, Moses, Abraham, Bezaleel, Cornelius, the Shunamite Woman, Anna, Hanah, Esther, etc
•Outside the bible we have:
-Martin Luther
-Martin Luther King, stood for human (black Americans) to the point where he was killed for that.
-Charles Finney
-Billy Graham (It is said that about 210 million people (almost 14 times Zimbabwean population) in 185 countries have attended his meetings. In the so called his last preaching weekend, about 1 360 were saved. He has advised American presidents, been invited by presidents in other countries.
-Reinhard Bonke (He has seen 42 million saved in five years and is targeting 100 million in 10 years)
-Oral Roberts, has conducted over 300 crusades in 6 continents,
-T.D. Jakes has church with 28 000 people, second largest in America
-Pastor Chris, has preached to 3 million people in one service
-Kenneth Hagin
-Benny Hinn
•I like saying that when Dorcus died, the church had something to hold in their hand to seek God for her resurrection, what about you? What can we hold? (Acts 9v36-39)
•Kenneth E. Hagin testified about one of the faithful Christian in his church who fell from the roof and died, the guy used to pay tithes faithfully, above 10%. Hagin prayed for him saying God, you know this man gives… The man rose from the dead. After his resurrection, the man said in heaven God told him that Hagin would not let him go and He opened a curtain and heard Hagin praying before he came back.
•Let me pause here for something very important. By serving God and doing great things we need to put a balance.
-I do not mean break away ministries. I do not mean disrespecting spiritual parents, disobeying leaders, running and climbing on people’s shoulders to get recognition.
-Young people need to honor and respect their physical parents at home and church leaders.
-Do not build your business and or ministry by exploiting or cheating your employer or former church.
-I will illustrate this by an example about one of my relatives. He was raised under the care of his aunty (mamo mdala) who raised him as his own son. There are a lot of challenges that they endured together. When he was old, he seemed successful in material things and even got married. He built good houses in rural areas. He began to be arrogant and did not want to relate with everybody in the family. One day after I had used his axe he shouted saying I had damaged it. I did not know there were pending issues. Then his “mother” aunty came in and they started talking. The argument heated up to the extent where they were literally insulting each other with strong words/ insults. The man said that he was now relocating from the home back to his father. And for sure days later he pulled down his houses and went to build in his father’s home. Few months after they disputed again with his father and he left to build outside near the father’s place. His marriage broke down, he divorced and re-married. He got sick and died later and his family was destroyed, today, he is forgotten.
-There is a warning for young people with great dreams for life. Do everything in the fear of God and in obedience, lets you shutter your dreams and cut your life short.

Sober Question To Ask

•What history or legacy will you leave?
•After you are gone, what will you be remembered for?
•The bible says we will all appear before Jesus to give an account. What will you hold or give account for before Him? (2Cor 5v10)
•What crown are you worthy?
•Other people are known for the wrong things they do or have done. (fornication, slander, theft, discouraging others, etc)
•What are you known for?
•Some will go with souls to heaven, what about you?
•I heard somebody preach at the cemetery about 3 Ws “Wazalwa, Wadla, Wafa” (Born, ate & died). This should not describe you.
•You need to ask yourself / God about your contribution to this generation and generations to come.
•Wenzeni emhlabeni? What have you done on earth? Let it be a serious question that you ask yourself every time.
•What have you done for your family? What will you leave for your children? What will you leave or be remembered for by your relatives? 1 Tim 5:8, “If anyone fails to provide for his relatives, and especially for those of his own family, he has disowned the faith [by failing to accompany it with fruits] and is worse than an unbeliever [who performs his obligation in these matters].”
•What have you done for your church? What will you be remembered for by the church?
•What have you done for the society / nation? What will the society or Zimbabwe remember you for?
•When you get to heaven, what will you hold in your hand to present before Jesus? What will you answer when asked?
•Everybody has something that they can do.
•It does not matter how old or young you are, you can do something. You might have wasted many years but can still achieve something with the time left.

There is a sacrifice to make

•If you are to achieve anything meaningful, you have to make some sacrifice(s)
•Some were persecuted, some sacrificed their money, comfort, time, friends and some even lost their lives.
•Nelson Mandela is counted among the top 4 great people worldwide in this century, he sacrificed.
•To achieve great things, it will have to cost you something. For God to get you and me, it cost Him something.
•Jesus said to take up the cross and follow Him. Luke 14v26-27

My Desire

•Personally, I cannot die now, I have not done my part, I have not prepared for my family & children. I have not done much for my nation and society. I have not done much for the church. I can’t go now!
•I ask myself; I was born 28 years ago, got saved 13 years ago, got baptized in the Holy Spirit and have been talking in tongues for 12 years, have been working/ employed for 10 years, have been in BICC Lobengula for 10 years, have been married for almost 4 years, have been an accountant for 4 years, have been Youth pastor for over a year; what have I achieved so far? How many lives have I positively impacted?
•I want to be able to say like Paul, “MLB 2 Timothy 4:6-8, “For I am already being poured out as a drink offering and the time of my death has come. I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. Beyond that there is laid away for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me in that Day, and not to me alone, but to all who have loved His appearing."
•I want Jesus to say to me, “Well done, good and faithful servant, you were trustworthy in a little, I will appoint you over much. Share the happiness of your master.” MLB Matthew 25:21

Wenzeni Emhlabeni? Wayitei Panyika? What have you done on earth?